John Shipe ^{1 2}

   Another name for John was Johannes Scheib.

  General Notes:

Note from Tom Shipe San Diego, CA profshipe@aol.com:

John Shipe, Sr. was my gr gr gr Grandfather. He resided in Lancaster Co., PA and in about 1800 migrated to Mt. Pleasant Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA. He died there July 24, 1838 and is buried there. He was married to Catherine and had nine children. After the death of their parents, most of the children migrated on to Adams and Hancock Counties, IL, Noble and Dekalb Counties, IN and others.Children include Catherine (m Ben Clare), John Henry, Jr., Henry, Mathias, Abraham, Mary Emily (M David Furry), Susanna (m Gilbert Martin), Isaac, and Margaret (m David Clare). Please e-mail me if you have an interest in this family. Thank you.

  Noted events in his life were:

• United States Census: Residence, 1830, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁵

John married Catharine Scheib, daughter of Johann Adam Scheib and Juliana Magdalena Suter. (Catharine Scheib was born about 1752 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA and died on 17 Oct 1836 in Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA.)